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Wildfires in Lambayeque
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 4,020 km² of Lambayeque at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 782 km², ranking 16th of 26 regions of Peru.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2020, with 963 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 584 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.6% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
October, November and December together hold 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 November 2016, with detections in 87 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,020 km² with at least one detection, 38% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,680 | 42% |
| 2 years | 803 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,050 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 464 | 12% |
| 11 years or more | 33 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -6.75, -79.75 and holds 56% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 584 | 626 |
| 2013 | 748 | 804 |
| 2014 | 761 | 823 |
| 2015 | 629 | 656 |
| 2016 | 914 | 1,062 |
| 2017 | 830 | 908 |
| 2018 | 959 | 1,003 |
| 2019 | 720 | 760 |
| 2020 | 963 | 1,039 |
| 2021 | 755 | 860 |
| 2022 | 811 | 864 |
| 2023 | 641 | 622 |
| 2024 | 909 | 960 |
| 2025 | 723 | 736 |
Other regions of Peru
- San Martín7,840 km² in an average year
- Ucayali7,180 km² in an average year
- Huanuco5,660 km² in an average year
- Loreto5,240 km² in an average year
- Junín3,900 km² in an average year
- Madre de Dios2,920 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- La Libertad78 km
- Amazonas199 km
- Cajamarca200 km
- Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador229 km
- Áncash248 km
- Piura248 km